Shirt-bosom



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S. DEUTSOH.

- SHIRT BUSOM. No. 321,801. Patented July 7, 1885.

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SIGMUN D DEUTSGH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRT-BOSO M.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,801, dated July 7, 1885.

Application filed July 15, 1884.

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIGMUND DEU'rseH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin SlfirtBosoms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan of my improved shirtbosom. Fig. 2 is a plan of the finishing appendage or supplementary ply. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the bosom, showing the fold in the supplementary ply and the break below the outer ply. 4

My invention has for its primary object to provide a shirt-bosom which when duly applied to a shirt and properly laundried will in use not break on the outer ply, but will,on the contrary, break or bend automatically below the lower edge of such ply, as hereinafter set forth.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shirt-bosom comprised of several plies of material which to external inspection shall appear as if all made of fine linen, while in reality only the outer ply and an appendage shall be of fine linen, the inner plies or backing being coarse or lining linen or cotton.

My improvements relate to shirt-bosoms composed of two or more plies, and said improvements consist, first, in the construction of a shirt-bosom having plies of equal width but unequal length, one of the inner plies extending below the upper or outer ply or plies, and having attached thereto atab; second, in the construction of a shirt-bosom with three plies, the first two of which are of the same dimensions, the other ply being equal in width but of increased length, and having a tab attached to it; third, in the combination,with a shirt-bosom comprising three actual plies,of a finishing appendage or false ply secured to the actual plies, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, G represents a shirt-bosom intended to be applied to the front of the body of a shirt, the latter having no opening cut in it for the reception of such bosom.

(No model.)

H is the front of the shirt-body, to which said bosom is to be attached by stitching. The bosom G is composed of three actual plies, g h t, and is provided with a supplemetary finishing-ply, K. The ply g is designed to be made of fine linen, while the plies h and z are intended to be made of coarse or backing linen or cotton. The false or finishing ply K is to be of the same material and quality as the ply g. The plies g and h are of exactly equal dimensions, while the ply t is of the same width as said plies g and h, but of greater length,and extended below the latter for about 7 an inch, as shown. The finishing-ply K is a short piece of material of the shape shown in Fig. 2, and when applied is formed with a fold at 7c,in which fits and is stitched thelower end of ply i. Its upper edge is secured by stitching behind the plies g h, and its lower edge projects or extends about an inch below the lower edge of ply t.

The tab is shown at L, and is secured to the lower innermost actual ply, z, and to the finishing-ply R, and is formed with two button holes,l Z, one above the other.

The advantage of this form of boso'm is that, when duly laundried, it will not break or crease across the outer or upper ply, but on the contrary will automatically break or bend below such ply, adjustingitself to the waist of the wearer. The reason is that there is the most stiffness in the outer ply, having three thicknesses of material back of it, and the yielding will naturally take place at the weakest part. Thus, when the wearer sits down, the break will occur in the ply or below it, and the plies g It will slide down in advance of or over such break, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the wearer assumes a standing position the bosom will come to place and the crease or break flatten out.

As the tab has two button-holes at unlike altitudes, the bosom will fit persons of different stature, from short to tall, the short buttoning in the upper hole and the tall availing themselves of the opportunity the lower hole offers.

The advantage of the finishing appendage K is this: It is considered desirable to have a laundried bosom quite stiff, and under present methods this can be obtained only by. using several thicknesses of material to compose the bosom. Itis accordingly the general custom to make a shirt-bosom with the outer ply of fine linen and the inner plies or backing of coarser linen (which will give greater stiffness than fine linen) or of cotton, or both.

\Vith my method of construction, in which, to obtain the automatic break already explained, the inner ply is extended below the outer ply, and the tab is attached to such extended ply or backing. If the latter were left exposed, it would not make a neat finish nor harmonize with the outer ply of fine linen, such backing or inner ply, as already explained, being usually made of coarse linen or cotton. Hence, to give a neat finish to the bosom, so that it will have agood appearance and laundry in a desirable manner, I provide the appendage ply K, which, being of the same material as the outer ply, causes the entire exposed front of the bosom to have a uniform finish as regards texture, gloss, &e.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. The combinatiomwith a shirt-bosom having a front ply, g, and an inner ply, 2', whose lower end extends below the ply ,of a folded supplementary or finishi n g ply, K, whose upper edge is fastened behind the ply its fold in embracing the lower edge of the inner ply, i, substantially as shown and described.

2. The shirt-bosom G, constructed substantially as described, and composed of the plies g and h of equal dimensions, the ply i of the same width as plies g and h, but of greater length, the folded supplementary or finishing ply K, and the tab L, secured to the ply i and supplementary ply K, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of 40 July, 1881-.

SIGMUN D DEUTSCH.

XVitnesses:

LTSLE SToKns, \V ILL H. POWELL. 

